Smart Identity cards and ePassports for Hong Kong

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​​​​​​​​​​​​The Immigration Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has been deploying a single identity document infrastructure for managing the issuance and usage of Smart Identity Cards and ePassports​.

Gemalto has been selected to provide its high security ICAO-compliant MULTOSTM platform.

Since the roll-out on 5 February 2007 and to date, around 1 million unit e-Passports have been issued.